Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μινυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μινυρός μινυρή μινυρόν

Structure: μινυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. complaining in a low tone, whining, whimpering

Examples

  • πέπληγμαι δ’ ὑπαὶ δάκει φοινίῳ δυσαλγεῖ τύχᾳ μινυρὰ κακὰ θρεομένασ, θραύματ’ ἐμοὶ κλύειν. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, strophe 77)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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